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BAISE, China, Feb. 9, 2021 /Xinhua-AsiaNet/–

China Central Television (CCTV)’s special program “Our Chinese Dream: 2021 Nationwide Celebration of Spring Festival” has recently been filmed in Baise, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, according to Baise Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau. The show will be premiered on CCTV-3 at 19:30 on February 10 and on CCTV-1 at 12:30 on February 11 (Chinese New Year’s Eve), followed by continuous broadcasting on the both channels during the prime time throughout the Spring Festival.

The program features Haokun Lake of Lingyun County, Baise as the main venue, Baini Village of Leye County as the sub-venue for the recording under the theme “The Road to Prosperity”, and Xiajia Town of Lingyun County as the sub-venue for “Longevity Town” themed part of the show. Covering folklore, intangible cultural heritages, songs and dances, acrobatics, magic and other art forms, the performance adds to the festivity and peace amidst joy and laughter during the Spring Festival.

Handicrafts such as colorful silk balls with local cultural features are seen everywhere on the stage. The traditional New Year delicacies, the traditional costumes of various ethnic groups in Baise, the giant Fu (Fortune) and Chun (Spring) calligraphy, and the mascots for the Year of the Ox, among others, set off a joyful and festive vibe. The program also incorporates a wide array of intangible cultural heritages such as Trombone of Lingyun County, Dragon Dance of Leye County, Malv Dance of Jingxi City, Taige Show of Debao County and Damoqiu Acrobatics of Longlin County, cultural performances with local characteristics, and local customs of celebrating the Spring Festival, bringing together excellent shows from around the city.

Ding Lihua, director of Baise Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau, said that the program is an epitome of Baise’s unique folk culture, local cuisine and cultural and tourist highlights. Through the demonstration of poverty alleviation achievement in Baise, the stories and spirit of the city in poverty alleviation are promoted and Baise’s cultural and tourist brands will garner great popularity across the country and beyond.

Source: Baise Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau

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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9 — Hong Kong is set to welcome the Chinese New Year (CNY) festival in its own style by bridging traditional elements with innovative ideas, making the Year of the Ox a blissful and enjoyable year to remember, even though it is likely going to be a little different.

Although there will be no physical events because of the COVID-19 situation, the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) is turning the CNY celebrations up a notch by infusing the cherished traditions with online, innovative elements, sending festive blessings in a whole new fashion.

According to a statement, a three-week ‘Fortunes in Hong Kong’ CNY campaign will be held in ‘online+offline’ format ending Feb 26.

The campaign features a creative online market, offering CNY delicacies and specialties, alongside plentiful contents, including games, lucky feng shui tips and festive e-cards to allow participants to feel the festive vibe across boundaries.

At the creative online market, a collection of delightful crossover products, jointly created by traditional local brands and trend-setting brands, is available for those hoping to enjoy the CNY celebrations in style.

Not to be missed is a collaboration between the 73-year-old Kung Lee Sugar Cane Drink and chic candy brand Papabubble. Together, they created handmade candies with different herbal tea flavours to bring these old-fashioned, sometimes bitter drinks to a new level.

With all the festive activities in town, Hong Kong is ready to welcome the Year of the Ox with joy and blessings.

— BERNAMA

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 — With the Spring Festival around the corner, Wu Qizhen, the hexagenarian successor of a traditional sugar-making technique included in the intangible cultural heritage list was busy instructing workers to manufacture the brown sugar for the last ‘sweet’ order before the festival.

Sixty-six-year-old Wu’s brown sugar workshop was established in Zuntan Town, the south of Haikou, Hainan province.

According to historical records, the traditional sugar-making industry has existed in Zuntan Town for over 600 years.

The local sugarcane provides the raw material for the Zuntan brown sugar, which is manufactured through such procedures as juicing, boiling and solidifying. It is known as the ‘Oriental Chocolate’ with high nutritional and medicinal value.

In a statement, Wu said his brown sugar was made with an ancestral technique, including juice extraction, filtration, boiling and crystallisation, whereby the process of turning raw sugarcane juice into syrup took between eight and 12 hours.

After the boiling, the syrup is poured into molds to get cubes after solidification and air-drying. Those sugar cubes have the attractive shape and colour of chocolate, but the taste is refreshingly sweet after it rapidly melts in the mouth.

“The locals have regarded the traditional sugar-making technique as a sweet but hard-working skill with a low yield. Now, there are only five traditional sugar technique successors in Zuntan Town, all of whom are over 50 years old,” noted Wu.

In addition to the traditional product portfolio of the ginger brown sugar, the rose brown sugar and jujube brown sugar, Wu plans to invent a new variety with Hainan characteristics, the coconut brown sugar.

— BERNAMA

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 5 — Boao Super Hospital recently performed an operation of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in conjunction with the use of the TriGUARD3TM Cerebral Embolic Protection Device (TriGUARD3).

According to a statement, this is the first clinical application of TriGUARD3 in Asia, marking a milestone in the field of cardiovascular surgery.

Located in Boao Town, Hainan Province, Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone (the Pilot Zone) is built with high-end medical tourism service and international cutting-edge medical science and technology achievements.

It will become an emerging destination for the Asian tourist to experience high-end medical tourism.

Since last year, the Pilot Zone has set up ‘the Never End International Innovative Medicine Equipment Exhibition’, bringing down drug costs while importing synchronously latest pharmaceutical equipment worldwide.

In addition, patients can experience traditional Chinese medicine therapy in the Pilot Zone. For thousands of years, traditional Chinese medicine has been reputed for its moderate curative effects and slight side-effects.

Last November, the first Asia Advance International Medical Centre from Singapore was opened in the Zone. Gathering international medical experts from Singapore, Korea and the UK, the Center provides diagnosis and treatment services for patients from the Chinese mainland and other neighbouring countries.

By 2030, a world-class destination for medical tourism will be built in the Pilot Zone, providing all-round services including anti-cancer, rehabilitation, and health management.

— BERNAMA

BEIJING, China and BLUE BELL, Pa, 2 Feb. 2020/Medianet International-AsiaNet/–

– China’s leading IT provider to air travel and tourism industry renews commitment to Unisys ClearPath(R) OS 2200 environment with expanded processing capacity –

Unisys Corporation(http://www.unisys.com/)(NYSE: UIS) today announced that TravelSky(https://www.travelskyir.com/html/index.php), the leading provider of information technology solutions for China’s air travel and tourism industry, has deepened its longstanding commitment to Unisys ClearPath Forward(R)(https://www.unisys.com/offerings/clearpath-forward) technology as a secure, innovative, reliable platform to process the business critical transactions including passenger reservations, cargo bookings and load calculations.

Under the contract, signed in the fourth quarter of 2020, Unisys will upgrade and expand TravelSky’s processing capacity with the addition of advanced technology, powered by ClearPath(R)( https://www.unisys.com/offerings/clearpath-forward/clearpath-forward-products/clearpath-os-2200-software) OS 2200 software. It also includes application development services to cloud-enable the Unisys Open Message Switching Engine (OMSE) – a communications front end that allows travel agencies, airline reservation offices and external systems to communicate with the mission-critical TravelSky systems.

The new technology will provide TravelSky with expanded processing capacity to support China’s aviation industry as it rapidly recovers from the impact of COVID-19. The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) reported that China saw 13.26 million air trips during the eight-day National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday 1-8 October 2020, reaching 91.07% recovery compared to the same period in 2019[1].

“TravelSky maintains and operates several critical passenger and cargo solutions used by China’s air travel and tourism industries including the Global Distribution System (GDS), Reservation System (RES), Departure and Cargo systems. As China’s aviation industry continues to rapidly recover after COVID-19, the additional processing capacity within the scalable, secure and flexible ClearPath Forward environment will enable us to process more transactions – such as reservations and load calculations critical to flight safety – quickly and securely,” said TravelSky Senior Vice President, Mr. Li Jingsong.

The solution for TravelSky leverages the unmatched security(
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of the ClearPath Forward operating environment – the only one on the market from which data has never been forcibly extracted.

Andrew Whelan, vice president client management, Unisys Asia Pacific said: “As China leads the global recovery of the aviation sector, Unisys ClearPath Forward technology provides TravelSky with the supporting IT infrastructure that has the flexibility, security and robust capacity to meet changing demands in logistics, passenger services and other mission-critical applications.”

Unisys has more than 55 years of experience providing innovative IT solutions to the aviation industry. For more information about Unisys transportation solutions, please visit:
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[1] – State Council of the People’s Republic of China media release: Over 13m air trips made during China’s National Day holiday(
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